Nephi Main Post Office

US Post Office-Nephi Main
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	10 N. Main, Nephi, Utah
Coordinates	39°42′32″N 111°50′06″W
Area	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built	1933
Architect	James A. Wetmore
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Italian Renaissance
MPS	US Post Offices in Utah MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001996
Added to NRHP	November 27, 1989

The Nephi Main Post Office, at 10 N. Main in Nephi, Utah, was built in 1933. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as US Post Office-Nephi Main in 1989.

Its design is credited to James A. Wetmore, then the acting U.S. Supervising Architect.

Its National Register nomination asserts:

The Nephi Post Office is a well-preserved and finely crafted example of a small town single-purpose post office. The building is reminiscent of the Renaissance Revival design style and distinguished by its decorative entry and coupled window bay arches. The use of this facade treatment, accentuated by the elaborate stone detailing, is not only rare, but is also creates one of the finest small town post offices in the region. The building is also transitional in that it bridges the Beaux-Arts tradition of the pre-1920 federal post offices and the modern movement of the mid-to late-1930s. The site upon which the post office is constructed is also significant in the history of the city since it once included the city's first public building. The first and only federally-constructed post office in the city, the building symbolizes the link between the community and Washington as well as the long years of effort by local citizens and their elected officials to gain their federal gift.

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